In Italy the 8 of March is Women’s Day and is a tradition to give this flower as a gift! So to add a little decor to the house or make a small gift, I made some crocheted mimosas. At the end I have applied them on some tiny branches to keep them in a vase but they can also be used as a decoration or a brooch!

You will need: Crochet: 3 or 3.5 (I’ve used as always hooks by Clover) Green and yellow yarn, I’ve used Woolly DMC in 100% Merino, but you can also try with cotton. Yarn nneedle, scissors Some branches

ch-chain ss-slip stitch sc- simple crochet

For the little balls: Start 3 chains and close with 1 ss in first ch you did Row 1: Work 10 sc in the circle you have formed. 2nd-4th round: work all in sc Close with 1 mss and cut the thread (long). With a knitting needle, make a stitch around the small “cap”‘s opening you’ve created, pull the thread to make your ball. Stop and cut the thread.

For the leaves: Work 10 ch. Then go back and make 5 ss. Make [6 ch and then work on these 5 ss] Repeat from [a] 3 more times, forming the small leaves of one of the two sides of the big leaf. Work 5 ch and make 4 ss (this will be the tip of the leaf). Now let’s follow on the other side (see pic). Work 6 ch and then work on these 5 ss as you did before, but this time at the end close with another ss taking the exposed yarn thread you see at the base of the leaf, so to tie together the two “sides “of the largest leaf. Follow in the same way repeating 6 ch, 5 ss and 1 ss on the base, until the last leaf. Now it will remain a single piece of chain (the one you did at the beginning of the work), that will be the stem: on this little piece work 4 sc and close with 1m ss. Cut the thread (long)..

To fix to the branches: use the long thread of the leaf’s stem to fix it to the branch to lock it and make a knot. Do the same for the other leaves, adding some stitches more until you are satisfied with the result. Now for yellow balls, insert the tail of their yarn in a knitting needle to help the fixing phase. There is no a standard way to do this, you will just need to adjust with small stitches and knots until you are satisfied!